so I'm ready

So I'm ready to go, my next trip to Nepal and possibly India.

Return tickets ( between Chengdu-Lhasa-Kathmandu, Dec 16-Jan 17) have been booked, with the return flight open seat status, for the easy of flexible travel plans.

Visa to Nepal applied, and could be ready by end of this week; and visa to India is going to be applied in Kathmandu.

Tour plans ( plan A and plan B with India included) outlined;

Hotels booked, like the one in Kathmandu for first days with airport pickup, and other nice choices at other places;

But about travel partners? Two friends expressed their possibility, but still need some time to consider...

Besides human travel partners, potential ones, I have a very faithful and pleasant one, which is my ipod classic. For almost four years, we have been travelling together and luckily some common issues with ipod, for example, weak battery after some time, doesn't bother. Of course, sometime it has some 'under the weather' syndrome, like now.

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The day before, when on the bus back home, I decided to listen to other songs finally, than those I've newly download, music from the movie 'les choiristes'. It's a really touching French movie about a teacher coming to a prison-like school for only those children with problems for regular schools. With his patience, care and love, he won the heart of the boys and then organized them into a choir, And meanwhile he himself got inspired by them and created many beautiful songs and music.

I've heard about that movie, but honestly I am very slow too watch it, as the movie was released in early 2004 and since then, had won many movie and music awards in Europe and America. I tried once to watch it on net TV but had to give up in the end because the movie picture quality was so horrible and the translation from French seemed ever worse. So the other night when I found there was a newer version, I watched it through.

Frankly, the plot, ( I am not so sure if it's based on a true story or not), is quite similar to American movie 'Sister Act, 2'. A trouble school with troubles of students, a new comer teacher discovered their talent and thus changed them. But apart from that, this French production has beautiful shooting, better skill to tell the story. Especially the story was unfolded by two boy's reading the teacher's diary and their thinking back. And the acting is just excellent and all parts, besides those kids act so naturally and deeply. Of course, my favourite part is its music, and choir.( After the later search, the music was created by Bruno Coulais, same composer who wrote another my ever-time favorite music for movie 'Himalaya'.

So I kept repeating the album over and again. Even when I went to bed. But the music of course is too great for a lullaby. And this lasted for two days and then when I tried to listen to others, I was stunned to find out, on my ipod, their album was ONLY music now. All others, numbering more than one thousand, was gone. What's the matter?! I tried hard to figure out the reason,but quickly, I calmed down and comforted myself. Yes, maybe it's a sign, good or bad sign, that I should say goodbye to my brief past,before then I begin a new period of time, at least with ipod life.